Sentence examples similar to a commendable scheme from inspiring English sources

Darke secured a commendable second place with his scheme for Bishopsfield and when, in 1961, Darbourne won Lillington Street, in Westminster, he invited Darke to form a partnership.

These are minor upsets in the grand scheme, but they speak not only to a Margielian sense of mischief, but also to a commendable desire to speak small, to the man who wears the clothes rather than to the public that recognizes them at 50 paces.

A commendable statement, indeed.

What a commendable attitude.

It was a commendable aspiration.

That he had been a commendable governor?

But it was a commendable achievement nevertheless.

This is a commendable overall statement.

This may be a commendable life‑aim, but it does not make for a commendable novel.

Not the best ever, but a commendable career nonetheless.

A commendable idea, but a risky and expensive one.